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@kathyjjb

Hi Barbara,
No, I don't have the need to clear after eating. It sounds like you are doing a lot in terms of airways clearance. I don't do postural drainage, though something I will try. Are you now doing postural drainage for the lower lobe? I was online and saw different airway clearing techniques to reach different areas of the lungs. I didn't pay much attention to it, but I will revisit. I recently finished reading "Breath" by James Nestor. I've been working hard on inhaling through nose and slowly exhale. Also doing exercises whenever I think of it to inhale slowly (through nose), hold breath for 3 seconds, and exhale slowly for 5 seconds. As the weeks pass, I'm breathing better, and this week forgot my daily inhaler twice-highly unusual. 95% plus of his book is not instructional but you may want to google his you tube videos. I've also started (just today) a meditation for healing. I found this "Empowering the Power Within" meditation by Dr Joe Dispenza. A warning-he's highly alternative and may not be for everyone. It's a working meditation which requires some concentration and imagination. I'm going to do it every day for the next month and see if I notice any improvement. It's a lot of visualization with the immune system being the target. Good luck Barbara, I wish you the best! Kathy

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Kathy-
The postural drainage is for all lobes.
One of the positions that I do: I reverse the wedge pillow and place my hips (posterior side) up on the high end of the wedge and lay back to have gravity and percussion clapping help move the mucus. While doing that I sometimes gargle some mucus up and have to interrupt the position and go back into it again.
Yes inhaling through the nose, holding the breath and releasing with pursed lip is what I try to remember to do often.
Good information shared thanks...I appreciate all information and make my decisions on what I hear/read according to what I feel is safe, comfortable and not "crazy". My Mom introduced us, me/siblings, to complimentary/alternative medicine. She was into it way back in the 1940's.
Kathy- My breathing is fine. The lung function test is off the scale in the right direction for me. You appear to be working hard at finding your way...me to...It takes time and then it appears it all will come to be second nature and go quicker...the time devoted to our lung problem routines.
Wishing you a great day and lots of good breaths.!
Barbara